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    Digest Name:  Daily Security Bulletins Digest
        Created:  Wed Dec 16  3:00:03 PST 1998
    
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    HPSBUX9811-088   Security Vulnerability with snmp
    
    The documents are listed below.
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    Document ID:  HPSBUX9811-088
    Date Loaded:  19981215
          Title:  Security Vulnerability with snmp
    
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    **REVISED 01** HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00088, 30 November 1998
    Last revised: 16 December 1998
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    The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon
    as soon as possible.  Hewlett-Packard Company will not be liable for any
    consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully
    implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
    
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    PROBLEM:  A SNMP community string in HP OpenView allow access to
              certain SNMP variables.
    
    PLATFORM: HP 9000 series 700/800.
    
    DAMAGE:   May reduce manageability of affected HP-UX systems.
    
    SOLUTION: **REVISED 01** Install the patches listed below.
    
    AVAILABILITY:  All patches are available now.
    CHANGE SUMMARY: A VirtualVault (VVOS 10.24) patch is available.
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    I.
       A. Background
          Reference: ISS X-force SNMP community resource notice,
                     dated November 2nd, 1998.
    
          A SNMP community string exists in HP OpenView SNMP agent
          implementations allowing access to certain SNMP variables.
    
          This may result in limited manageability of affected HP-UX
          systems.  The system remains operational but will be unable
          to respond to some queries from a management server.
          This problem is not an OpenView-specific problem, but OpenView
          can be affected when communicating with systems that have an
          affected agent.
    
          This HP OpenView Emanate SNMP Agent has two revisions currently
          supported, release 2.X and 14.X.  HP recommends upgrading to
          the 14.X release and applying the patch to circumvent this
          vulnerability.
    
    
       B. Fixing the problem
    **REVISED 01**
          The defect is now fixed such that an unauthorized user can not
          use this mechanism.  Please install the applicable patch:
    
            Emanate 14.2 version on HP-UX revision 11.00:        PHSS_16846
            Emanate 14.2 version on HP-UX revision 10.20:        PHSS_16845
    ---->>>>Emanate 14.2 version on VVOS revision 10.24:         PHSS_17083
            Emanate 14.0 version on HP-UX revision 10.0X, 10.10: PHSS_16800
            Emanate 14.0 version on HP-UX revision  9.X:         PHSS_16799
    
           Solaris 2.3 and 2.4    OpenView Emanate14.0 agent:    PSOV_02190
           Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6  OpenView Emanate14.2 agent:    PSOV_02191
    
           The Solaris agent patches are available from:
    
       http://ovweb.external.hp.com:80/cpe/patches/emanate/14.x/sparc_2.X.html
    
     CAUTION: Installing any earlier HP OV Emanate patch, or reinstalling
              HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) will reverse the
              protective effect of the patches listed above.  Reinstallation
              of the above referenced patch will then be necessary.
              This means that if a system administrator deinstalls one of
              the earlier patches after installing the security patch, they
              will overwrite the security fixes with older software.
    
              The Solaris, HP-UX 9.X, and HP-UX 10.X patches are _NOT_
              cumulative.  The HP-UX 11.X patch is, however, cumulative
              (one that supersedes), and will not be affected in this manner.
    
    --->>> Due to the security features on the VirtualVault system using VVOS
    --->>> 10.24, the system is not vulnerable to the stated access from the
    --->>> OUTSIDE or Internet.  The vulnerability only exists on the INSIDE
    --->>> or internal network.
    
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